Pittsburgh police say a SWAT call Friday morning in the East Allegheny neighborhood was connected to an earlier robbery and shooting at the Subway restaurant in SouthSide Works.

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Updated: 12:23 PM EST Dec 23, 2016

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WEBVTT UNDER CONTROL BY THE PITTSBURGH POLICE S.W.A.T. TEAM. YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITY ON THENORTH SIDE. OFFICERS COMING OUT AND TAKING INTO CUSTODY TWO PEOPLE WHO AREBELIEVED TO BE, THEY SAY, IN SOME WAY, CONNECTED TO THAT ARMED ROBBERY ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT APPARENTLYWHEN THEY PUT OUT A BE ON THE LOOKOUT ON A WHITE SEDAN AND A SUSPECT IN THE ARMED ROBBERY ATTHE ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL AREA, WHEN THAT WENT OUT, A STATE POLICE OFFICER NEAR LOVITT AND CHESTNUT ON THE NORTH SIDE. THAT'S WHEN POLICE MOVED IN ANDTHEY ORDERED THE PEOPLE INSIDE TO COME OUT AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY WERE NOT ARMED. NO WORD WHETHER THERE WERE ANY WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE, BUT THAT RESOLVES THIS PART OF THE STORY. AS FOR THAT ARMED ROBBERY THAT SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION, ON PITTSBURGH'S SOUTH SIDE THIS MORNING, YOU GET THAT PART OF THE STORY FROM PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER DAVID KAPLAN.>> PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY IT WASAROUND 8:00 THIS MORNING WHEN AMAN WITH A GUN WALKED INTO THISSUBWAY HERE AT SOUTH SIDE WORKSAND DEMANDED MONEY. IT WAS A STORE CLERK AT THE SUBWAY WHO SHOT THE MAN, FOILING THE ROBBERY.>> YES, VERY. VERY SURPRISED. .BOB: SHATTERED GLASS IS NOT WHAT SHE IS USED TO SEEING AT BREAKFAST.>> IT'S SHOCKING. IT'S QUIET, WE'RE HERE EVERY MORNING.BOB: A MAN WALKED INSIDE AND DEMANDED MONEY. WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW, ONE OF THECLERKS HAD A CONCEALED AND CARRY PERMIT ALMOST IMMEDIATELYFIRED.>> APPARENTLY HE FELT THREATENED AND SHOT THE ACTOR THE A LEAST ONCE.BOB: NO CUSTOMERS WERE IN THE STORE, AND MULTIPLE SHOTS HIT THE BURGLAR AND ONE HIT THE GLASS. AND THE CLERK IS COOPERATING. AND SHE'S HAPPY THAT BREAKFAST WAS LATE THIS MORNING.>> WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE AND WE COULD HAVE GOT SHOT OR WHATEVER. WE COULD HAVE BEEN HOSTAGES OR WHATEVER.>> PITTSBURGH POLICE TELL US

Subway robbery on South Side leads to North Side SWAT call

Pittsburgh police say a SWAT call Friday morning in the East Allegheny neighborhood was connected to an earlier robbery and shooting at the Subway restaurant in SouthSide Works.

A SWAT team was called to a house in the East Allegheny neighborhood Friday morning, and Pittsburgh police say the incident is connected to an earlier robbery and shooting at the Subway restaurant in SouthSide Works.